July 28, 2011

The day before convention started I had the opportunity to attend a stamping event put on by my up-up-up-upline (I think). I forget how many people are between her and I. I've finally had a chance to finish all of the projects so I can share them with you. Three of the projects that we made were birthday gift tags.

Isn't that darling? I love the Button Buddies stamp set and how each of the images coordinates with our buttons. The wavy blue layer was cut out of Designer Series Paper using the Tasteful Trim Big Shot die. The sentiment was popped up on dimensionals and I drew a line under the word "Happy."

To make this tag, I inked up the cherry stems and leaf with a marker and stamped them on the cardstock. Then I made the cherries from two 3/4" circles punched from the Red Glimmer paper. I attached them with dimensionals. After stamping the sentiment, I attached the strip of DSP and the zigzag line (from the Tasteful Trim Big Shot die), trimmed them to size, and adhered it all to the Riding Hood Red circle. Last I punched two holes at the top, threaded the ribbon through the holes, and tied a bow.

I love this little pig! It's another darling image from the Button Buddies stamp set. I started by stamping the pig in Regal Rose ink on the Whisper White scalloped circle. I stamped the pig again in Pretty in Pink ink on a scrap piece of cardstock, punched out the face, and attached it using dimensionals. For the snout I added a 1/2" circle with a dimensional, and then adhered one of our clear buttons on top.

Be sure to stop back by tomorrow to see the other three projects that we made. Thanks for stopping by!

July 26, 2011

Today I have another fun goody from convention to show you. This fall Stampin' Up! will be releasing a set of stamps for your COOKIES! It will come with three different designs and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will be coming out with more exclusive designs in the future. They did NOT say that they would have other designs in the future, I'm just hoping.

If you click on the image, you can see a larger version to get a better look at the images. These cookies are about 3" across. During lunch one day at convention, they gave us all a cookie to eat that was stamped just like these. They were delicious. The best part is that the cookie stamps will come with cookies recipes that work well with the stamps.

Here's a sleeve of the cookies packaged in a cello bag with a darling tag attached.

Here's a box (which we will be selling in the Holiday Mini Catalog) that is the perfect size for holding four cookies. I can't wait to get my hands on these cookie stamps and these boxes. This will make giving gifts this holiday season so easy and my kids will love helping me make them. The cookie stamps will be available for purchase on October 1st.

August 30, 2010

I sat down this morning and finally figured out how to make my own patterns. It was much easier than I thought. I'm happy to say that I finally have the pattern and the tutorial done for my gift tag box that I posted last week.

Click here to download the pattern. If you're having trouble downloading the pattern, hold your mouse above the words "click here" and RIGHT click on the link and select "save link as." This will download the file straight to your computer and then you can open it.

This is my first pattern, so if you see anything that needs to be changed please let me know. I made the pattern so it makes complete sense to me; however, that doesn't mean it will make sense to you. If you have questions or suggestions on how to make the pattern more readable, please let me know.

Now for the tutorial. Cut and score all of the cardstock and the transparency as shown in the pattern. Take the 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of cardstock and fold it on the score lines so it looks like this.

The peak should be pointing up. Turn the cardstock upside down and add a piece of sticky strip on the side of the peak. It doesn't matter which side you put it on.

Remove the backing from the Sticky Strip and adhere the two sides together. Burnish it with your bone folder to make sure it sticks well. It should look like this when you're done.

As you can see, the right side is 2 1/2" wide and the left side is 2" wide. That's exactly the way you want it.

Follow the steps above and do the exact same thing to the 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" and the 4 1/2" x 2" pieces of cardstock. When you're done they'll look like this.

These three pieces make up the dividers in the box. The piece on the bottom left is 2" wide and the piece on the bottom right is 2 1/2" wide. Place the two bottom pieces on top of the top piece like this.

Once they are lined up, adhere them in place. Make the box bottom according to the pattern and drop this piece inside.

Fold the transparency on the score lines. Add a piece of sticky strip to one of the ends--it doesn't matter which one. Wrap the transparency around the box, remove the backing off the sticky strip and adhere the two ends together. Fill the box with tags, add some ribbon and you're done!

August 19, 2010

It's the 20th of the month and that means it's time for the Control Freak Blog Hop!

If you're following along the tour, you've just come from Lee Ann Greff's blog. If you're just starting here, there's a link at the bottom of this post that will take you to the next blog so you can see all of the fabulous creations.

The theme for this month's hop is the Holiday Mini Catalog. I love all of the products in the mini catalog so this was perfect for me. One of the traditions that I have with my children is that we make homemade gift tags for the presents we buy for each other. We set aside a night and that's all we do--stamp, color, cut, glue, etc. It's a lot of fun. With that tradition in mind I *had* to buy the Tags til Christmas stamp set so we can make fun tags like these.

Isn't that a great stamp set? I decided that my tags needed a box to go in so that I can give some of these away as a gift so I made this box.

I sat down and made my own pattern for this box. I know you're going to ask for it, so please rest assured that I'll post the pattern and directions within the next couple of days. UPDATE:Click here to download the pattern. Click here for the tutorial.

If you're having trouble downloading the pattern, hold your mouse above the words "click here" and RIGHT click on the link and select "save link as." This will download the file straight to your computer and then you can open it.

The holidays are always such a busy time of year that I wanted to come up with a quick card that I could make in less than five minutes.

Isn't that cute? It's a little postcard that doesn't open. It's perfect for writing a quick note to a friend or for tucking inside a gift bag. Quick, simple, and easy to duplicate.

Are you ready to see what the other Control Freaks made? Then click on the link below to hop on over to Ilina Crouse's blog.

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